Kitchen-apron



June 14, 1932. l a STERN 1,863,527

KITCHEN APRON Filed Jan. 18. 1932 @y gf Patented June 14, 1932 SDIE ST, GF'ST. LOUIS, EISSOURI,ASSIGNR 0F NE-TIRD T0 MAURICE WEIL, F ST.. LOUIS, MISSGURI, AND ONE-THIRD T0 RALlH KALISH, OF 'UNIVERSITY CXTY, MISSQURE maenner-Arnon' Application led January 18, 1932. Serial No. 587,222.

rfhis invention relates generally to aprongarments. and has more particular reference to an apron adapted especially, though not exclusively, for kitchen-wear.

My invention has for its chief object the provlslon of a neat, attractive, inexpensive apron-garment especially for kitchen-wear that may be conveniently secured on the person and which unitarilyincorporates handgo manipulative pads for utensil-handling purposes. p ,v

.And with the above and other objects in view, my lnvention resides 1n the novel features of form, construction, arrangement te and combination of parts hereinafter' described and pointed out in the claims.

1n the accompanying drawing'- Figure 1 is a rear view of an apron-garment of my invention. dressed onv the personA of a wearer;

lEigure 2 is an enlarged front view of the apron; and

ligure 3 is a sectional view of the apron taken approximately along the line 3 3, Figure 2.

eferring now more in detail' and by reference characters to the drawing, which illustrates a preferredembodiment of my invention, my new apron comp-rises a. bib 1 for covering the upper central front por-tion of .the body, the bib 1 having a neck cut-out 2 and shoulder straps 3 extending therefrom and terminatingin string-receptive loops 4c.

The bib 1 ares at the waist laterall to the hips 5 and at the waist is preferab y integrally extended, as at 6, to provide a skirtportion 7 or apron-proper for covering the lower front portion of the body. The skirt 7 is preferably provided with a pair of suitable pockets 8, and is fashioned substantially wider than the girth of the'waist. f At its respective upper side portions, the skirt 7 is preferably split from the bib 1 and gathered vat its split edge, as at 9, to'meet the bib at the hips 5, the bib being drawn down on and seemed to the gathering for` lifting the skirt, as may be said, at the hip, and a binding 10 disposed at'v the waist-line bein employed also for attaching the gathered s irt-portion- 9 to the bib l.

'suitable binding or edging 11 is applied around the margins of the garment, and tiestrmgs or bands 12 are attached to the respective hip-portions 5 for extending around' and knotted at the back of the wearer. As

-best shown in Figure 1,`the strings 12 are able number of plies of preferably exible insulating material, as asbestos cloth or the like, the pads 14 being preferably for appearance covered by a piece of the apron fabric A15, as best seen in lFigureB. The pads 14 as thus formed are integral with the skirt 7 Aof the apron, and the padding and quilting in-y creases the bodily thickness and ,weight of the skirt at the rearwardly flared corners, so that such portions will hang and lie flat to fit and be retained closely adjacent to the dress skirt to give maximum protection.

In the use of my new kitchen-apron, the garment being dressed on the body as described and `shown in Figure 1, it will be seen that the hand-pads 14 most conveniently and handily lie or are draped atthe sides of the body for readily grasping the inner face of a pad with the palm of the hand of the wearer forutensil-handling purposes, the qualities of the pad 14 serving to protect the hand from thfJ heat of the utensil.

It will be seen, thus, that my new apron is most eiiicient, neat, and tidy, and highly useful for kitchen wear, and is, moreover, most easily laundered by reason of the absence of buttons, `fasteni'ngs, and the like, they.

strings 12 being readily withdrawn from the strap-loops 4, whereby the garment may be laid substantially latwise on the ironing board or for running through the mangle.

vIt will be understood that changes and modifications in thel form, construction, Aarrangementfand combination of the several parts of the apron may be made and substituted for those herein shown and described without departing from the nature and scope of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I and desire to secure by Letters Paten 1s,- 1. A garment-apronl comprisin a, skirt having a hand-manipulative rea y exible ad formed as an integral part of the lower epending portion for utensil handling purposes.

2". A provide with readily flexible pa portions at the lower outer corners of the depending part for utensil handling purposes. l

3. A armenia-apron havinI`Y a, skirt provided wlth a' ad portion formed as a part of the depen ng edge and quilted thereto, thereby weighting and stifening the skirt ortion and at the same time providing a exible hand-manipulative pad for utensil handling purposes.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification.

SADIE STERN.

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